Business 100 Test 4 Flashcards
e-commerce
use of the Internet and other digital things to sell
IT impacts
- creating portable offices
- enabling better service
- creating leaner, more efficient organizations
- enabling increased collaboration
- enabling global exchange
- improving management processes
- providing flexibility for customization
- providing new business opportunities
- improving the world and our lives
intranet
organization’s private network of internally linked websites accessible to only employees (extranet opposite)
electronic conferencing
IT that allows groups of people to communicate simultaneously
computer network
whole network that computers connected to
client-server network
clients request info, servers provide them
wide-area network (WAN), Wi-Fi, Local Area Network (LAN)
exactly what they sound like
hardware/software
physical components/programs on computer
information systems (IS)
uses data to convert data into information
info system managers
in charge of data systems
data warehousing
the collection of data
data mining
collecting data to find demographic
knowledge information systems
provide resources to create, store, use, and transmit new knowledge for useful applications
computer-aided design (CAD)
IS with software that helps workers design stuff
computer-aides manufacturing
helps manufacture with computers
MIS
management information systems
hacker
cybercriminal who gains access to computer or network, either to steal info, money, or property to tamper with data
ID theft
unauthorized use of personal info to get victim’s stuff
intellectual property
something produced by the intellect of someone
spyware
program unknowingly downloaded by users that monitors their computer activities and stuff
spam
junk e-mail sent to a mailing list
firewall
security system with special software or hardware devices designed to keep computers safe from hackers
anti-virus software
product that protects systems from viruses
encryption system
software that assigns an e-mail message to a unique code number for each computer so only that computer, not others, can open and read message
information technology
various appliances and devices for creating, storing, exchanging, and using information in diverse modes, including visual images, voice, multimedia, and business data
